Green Day Confirm That They Are Foxboro Hot Tubs

In a completely shocking move, Green Day have revealed that they are in fact, Foxboro Hot Tubs. They made the announcement in an e-mail to MTV News , ending months of not-really speculation that the Hot Tubs were Green Day.

The band added:

"We think that the only similarity [between the Hot Tubs and Green Day] is that we are the same band. That is basically the only similarity, We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music and be spontaneous, [and] after a few late night jams and a few too many bottles of wine, we were inspired to record some rockin' eight-track recordings."

Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt's real name is Michael Pritchard, and drummer Tre Cool was born Frank Edwin Wright III. As for Reverend Strychnine Twitch, that's probably Billie Joe's real name.

Later this month, the band will release their debut full length. The record is titled Stop Drop And Roll and is due out May 13, 2008. It may also be the follow up to American Idiot depending on how you look at it.

Thanks for the info to Punknews.org.

Comments

[kfong03]

first!

greenday's cool, but i think all the new album hype everyone's having is on STP - best band ever!

[ValoRhoads]

I figured they were, but at the same time hoped they weren't because that would mean whoever the Fox Boro Hot Tubs were, it would be instant fame due to the similarities.

[shyalicia]

FINALLY!

[Feel bad inc.]

Wow, suprising, not really

[tommyt]

Shocking news! green day tell fans what they already knew, fans celebrate.

[Draken]

Not really surprising it's just nice that they admit it.

[Hells_Bell]

We are four guys who love to play music and be spontaneous, [and] after a few late night jams and a few too many bottles of wine, we were inspired to record some rockin'

...and record an album make a website, spread rumors over the internet. Nice publicity stunt.

From what I've heard so far, the songs are a fun listen.

[Son_of_Kyuss]

I love how Green Day never mentioned anything about the actual music...just getting shitfaced and trying to keep people's focus away from "American Idiot"

[-xCaMRocKx-]

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

[Muckle]

We think that the only similarity [between the Hot Tubs and Green Day] is that we are the same band

I actualy lol'd

[cobain_is_king]

Am I the only person who has no idea whatsoever what this article was about?

[AFallenJake]

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

I am right there with you!

[MagicalMe202]

i laugh at all the losers who were posting on the last article about "Foxboro Hot Tubs": "What are you TALKING about, guys?! They are SO not Green Day! They are SO a completely different band!" Yes, I know you are out there, and yes, i laugh at you.

[gratefulduck]

i dont really like newer green day, but their foxboro stuff kicks ass. i was really hoping it wasnt the same band. i'll probably buy the cd if the name green day is no where on it.

[Neon D-von]

I'm sorry but this is retarded. It's not like there opposed to completely changing their sound. Why not just make it the next Green Day record? I mean, it's not even a side project if it's all of them. Not to mention everyone already knew.

[petrina_678]

MagicalMe202 wrote:

i laugh at all the losers who were posting on the last article about "Foxboro Hot Tubs": "What are you TALKING about, guys?! They are SO not Green Day! They are SO a completely different band!" Yes, I know you are out there, and yes, i laugh at you.

*joins you with the laughter..*

haha! I told you so ( this is to all those who belived foxboro hot tubs was NOT green day..)

why does billie-job call himself rev. Strychnine Twitch ?????

big LOL at
"As for Reverend Strychnine Twitch, that's probably Billie Joe's real name."

[[x]Huffy[x]]

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

It was never mentioned that the band was ONLY members of Green Day.

[2late2know]

Like so many people didn't know already

[lesbian_men]

didnt like the music from foxboro as much as previous green day, but im all for them, if they want to try a different direction...its still good, but yeh...different

[Zebra_Planet]

AFallenJake wrote:

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

I am right there with you!

i am right there with both of you.

[somedude01]

Wow what a suprise.

[We'realltoBlame]

:haha A new Green Day CD? I predict the universe will implode on May 13 this year.

[Angelic_Demon]

[x]Huffy[x] wrote:

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*
It was never mentioned that the band was ONLY members of Green Day.

That's not the problem, count again!

[TJ1991]

Zebra_Planet wrote:

AFallenJake wrote:

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

I am right there with you!


i am right there with both of you.

It's all Green Day really, the non-Green Day guys are the touring musicians with them. Jason White is the extra guitarist and Jason Freese plays piano, sax, trumpet, sings, pretty much everything really...

Hot Tubs are billiant! Can't wait for the next proper Green Day album though.

[sowhat360]

yeah don't really get the point of changing the band name for an album....so do they have seperate shows, will they be their own opening act??

[thedarkblues06]

MagicalMe202 wrote:

i laugh at all the losers who were posting on the last article about "Foxboro Hot Tubs": "What are you TALKING about, guys?! They are SO not Green Day! They are SO a completely different band!" Yes, I know you are out there, and yes, i laugh at you.

+1. Was never a big fan of Green Day, I liked a couple of their songs, but if it's different I'm going to check out the Hot Tubs.

[DANZIG767]

Im pretty sure the named off five names, not four

[TheAngryMob875]

As for Reverend Strychnine Twitch, that's probably Billie Joe's real name.




.....

yeah.....i'd say probably not.

[Bobbito315]

Son_of_Kyuss wrote:

I love how Green Day never mentioned anything about the actual music...just getting shitfaced and trying to keep people's focus away from "American Idiot"

Yeah I'm sure they're real embarassed about the album that sold 8x platinum.

[j-boy199]

Zebra_Planet wrote:

AFallenJake wrote:

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

I am right there with you!


i am right there with both of you.

Why are there 5 names when it says we are 4 guys who love to play music?...

=S

I'm with you, you and you too!

[HughF]

perilouspete wrote:

lol this band is so gay, this is downright hilarious. american idiot was one of the most awful albums i've ever had the displeasure of hearing. i'm not really sure what kind of cred they're trying to get with another band with a name like that.

Oh dear lord sir, you are amazingly cool, yes you are. What with bashing an album that, despite being a mainstream success, was actually a good listen. You must be proud, and now you can sit at the lunch table with all of your "hard core" punk and emo kids without getting laughed at. You go sir!

[godberry]

maybe they should just finish their next album instead of screwing around.

[Gemini]

godberry wrote:

maybe they should just finish their next album instead of screwing around.

I wish they'd screw around more. Foxboro Hot Tubs is pretty awesome, really.

[Incuboy49]

As for Reverend Strychnine Twitch, that's probably Billie Joe's real name.

That's some fine journalism.

[AndrewAnthem]

dude JASON FREESE plays guitar LIVE with green day
watch Bullet in bible

[korn_dawg]

Incuboy49 wrote:

As for Reverend Strychnine Twitch, that's probably Billie Joe's real name.

That's some fine journalism.

+1

[TJ1991]

AndrewAnthem wrote:

dude JASON FREESE plays guitar LIVE with green day
watch Bullet in bible

You mean Jason White...

[Johnsson6]

i think they should focus on the new green day album. if they go on tour with Foxboro it'll never come out !!

[shallowbay29006]

screw the hot tubs. i want the REAL green day.

[blaziken_xcv143]

IS THIS FUCKING TRUE!!!!!

[E-dogg66]

Well I hope they use more Notes on this album, There are like 5 notes on american Idiot Played differently on each song. Pathetic BARFFF!

[MarioBlaster17]

This article sounds like it was written by a 13 year old. It just goes to show who actually cares about these guys still.

[arsonite]

Sweet.

[Silky Johnson 5]

This is news?

checked.

[DString]

uhmmmmm,
Four (4) guys. Let's see:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

Must be the new Math. Summing of integrals by parts or something. LMAO

Go Guys GO

[Raizer Sabre]

lol, you beat me to it, i was gonna say someone can't count XD

[recliner33]

I knew this band was Green Day since December. My local radio station even said it was green day and didn't say "it might be green day". I think wikipedia even confirmed it was green day months ago. I'm not a fan of green day or foxboro hot tubs from what I heard so far but at least they don't sound as bad as they did on American Idiot.

[CrazyPigeon]

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

Has anyone thought it could just be a typo?

[AFrozenFlame89]

Neon D-von wrote:

I'm sorry but this is retarded. It's not like there opposed to completely changing their sound. Why not just make it the next Green Day record? I mean, it's not even a side project if it's all of them. Not to mention everyone already knew.

I think that the FBHT record does have quite a different sound than Green Day. Over the years, Green Day has changed their sound, but continued to play songs with a particular style that has become almost synonymous with the name Green Day. I'm sure the next "Green Day" album will maintain that sound, but by making the name of the band Foxboro Hot Tubs, they were able to play a slightly different style without the Green Day label.

Plus, who doesn't love free publicity?

[CircuitTrigger]

I dont have any respect for Green Day, I think they should have just released another Green Day album with the Foxboro songs. Its like they are too afraid of what people will think about a change in musical direction. I appreciate when bands do things differently. It doesnt mean your next album cant be like your old stuff.

[Donkey Fly]

CrazyPigeon wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...


Has anyone thought it could just be a typo?

No.

[deadlyMETAL]

Lol took them long enough.... Never heard the Foxboro recordings though.

[schecter_guy]

CircuitTrigger wrote:

I dont have any respect for Green Day, I think they should have just released another Green Day album with the Foxboro songs. Its like they are too afraid of what people will think about a change in musical direction. I appreciate when bands do things differently. It doesnt mean your next album cant be like your old stuff.

i would agree, but the foxboro stuff is so radically different from anything else green day has done. also, they are bringing in their touring band as actual band members, so it's not exactly the same band. think of it as garth brooks releasing music as chris gaines.

[whitestrat279]

This is not a green day album, the hot tubs ep is all 60s garage rock-pop and melodic, green day is in your face listen to the song american idiot (gasp!) and brain stew, different sounds

[grnday1236]

yea i knew mike dirnt and tre cool's real names, but billie joe is just billie joe. not William Joseph, and NOT Reverend Strychnine Twitch (wtf?) just Billie Joe. (its called a joke buddy)

[telex]

how differant is it really? i mean. come on.

[AnimatedHand]

AFallenJake wrote:

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*


I am right there with you!

Jason white and jason freeze are support guitarists I presume. If you own bullet in a bible, you'll hear billie joe give a shout out to the crowd about them.

[Alijonroth]

strychnine is a rodenticide (or something) and its main toxicity symptom is twitches,thats where he got it,and no,its not his real name!
i just learned that in toxicology today,i wonder how billie knew that!

[stumaster18]

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...


*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

He was probably high/drunk

[daytripper75]

this is...kind of news? everyone more or less knew it was them. oh well. i like the songs. i dont know that ill buy the album, but i did download the EP from their website a couple months ago.

[AVIDFANOFSOUNDS]

I believe that it is quite cool that a band with a sucsess of green day can screw around nd try a compltly diffrent style of music

if more bands do this the world will be a better place for all to live in, like how rad it someone like the RHCP formed a metal band it would be so awesome also if metallica also do i kind of blink 182 esque album,

It would all be so inasnely awesome

[BriGuy7727]

I guess I'm the only person that noticed that Green Day didn't say beer or vodka, but wine. I mean c'mon guys! Who pulls out a box of wine w/a tap & does "box stands" in a tour bus? I just found that funny...

[Deviouster]

Zebra_Planet wrote:

AFallenJake wrote:

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

I am right there with you!

i am right there with both of you.

Jason White plays guitar with them on tour.
Jason Freese plays piano/keyboard.
Michael Pritchard = Mike Dirnt = bass
Frank Edwin = Tre cool = drums
Strychnine twitch = billie joe

[killboypowerhed]

wow you guys are really cool bashing american idiot like that. just cuz they put on a little bit of make-up doesn't mean they sold out and cut themselves backstage. I want another real green day album.

[mdlarry7]

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

lol!!!!

[adamungar1]

sowhat360 wrote:

will they be their own opening act??

[kennyvspenny]

for all intents and purposes this is absolutely the successor to american idiot. from what I've heard on the radio of the foxboro hot tubs, fundamental Green Day is back!

[Gus Pablo]

recliner33 wrote:

I knew this band was Green Day since December. My local radio station even said it was green day and didn't say "it might be green day". I think wikipedia even confirmed it was green day months ago. I'm not a fan of green day or foxboro hot tubs from what I heard so far but at least they don't sound as bad as they did on American Idiot.

I do not think that either your local radio station OR wikipedia can be considered real sources.

[ferretface]

Next surprise: Jason White is a stage name for Jack White

[wickbone73]

^ how in the hell does this constitute selling out?
anyways, worst kept secret of the past few months, but still really good catchy tunes.

[kryzay311]

no... shit?

[David_Bowie=GOD]

I havent heard the new stuff, but i hope its a whole lot better than American Idiot. If they returned to the Green Day I used to know and love before 12 year old girls started to like their music and it appeared on kidz bop.... I will definately buy this album.

[Tallman1984]

cobain_is_king wrote:

Am I the only person who has no idea whatsoever what this article was about?

Yes. Did you read it? Knowing what an article is about is one of the many benefits that comes along with reading an article. Usually just a headline will kind of give you just the gist of it, but it's always better to get all the details by reading the entire article. Does that help?

[DirkLance]

Deviouster wrote:

Zebra_Planet wrote:

AFallenJake wrote:

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

I am right there with you!

i am right there with both of you.

Jason White plays guitar with them on tour.
Jason Freese plays piano/keyboard.
Michael Pritchard = Mike Dirnt = bass
Frank Edwin = Tre cool = drums
Strychnine twitch = billie joe

Thanks for the confirmation. People have to realize that Green Day is more than 3 people now...the guy who started as a touring guitarist slowly started to work his way into music videos and they started to feature him more on live t.v. performances and stuff.

Not that I care much for Green Day anymore...but this is clarification for people who don't realize GD have a few more guys now.

[guitardudezach1]

no offense Ultimate Guitar, but whoever wrote this article is retarded. First of all Billie Joe is his real name. Also, it is not the follow up to American Idiot, the follow up to American Idiot will be by Green Day not Foxboro Hot Tubs, and even though its the same guys, it is not the same band.

[Grayfox176]

ferretface wrote:
Last time I checked, even THE PRESIDENT can't get his facts straight.

+8907868769870964595689

[GeekStinkBreath]

To whoever talked about them opening for themselves (Green Day), it wouldn't be the first time. The Network and Green Day did shows together a couple years back.

[recliner33]

ferretface wrote:

I knew this band was Green Day since December. My local radio station even said it was green day and didn't say "it might be green day". I think wikipedia even confirmed it was green day months ago. I'm not a fan of green day or foxboro hot tubs from what I heard so far but at least they don't sound as bad as they did on American Idiot.

PHAIL. Wikipedia is a piece of shit. I have failed 5 homeworks because of that site.

And since when is a radio station legit? Last time I checked, even THE PRESIDENT can't get his facts straight.

Well the radio station and wikipedia were right on this matter and anybody with ears can tell that this was Green Day, doesn't take a genius to figure it out. And maybe it was your fault you failed your homework assignments, you can't blame it all on wikipedia. I remember doing many projects in the past where I read a ton of books and then I looked at wikipedia afterwards and it had pretty much the same facts but was more to the point. And people will probably say that wikipedia is biased or has the wrong facts but there are plenty of books in your local library where you can say the exact same thing.

[recliner33]

Also if wikipedia isn't a good source then why the heck did you do ir for 5 homework assignments? Don't you think you would have gotten the hint after the first failed one? I remember writing a 5 page report in college where I only used wikipedia for my information and I got 97%. I think it was on the history of card counting in blackjack or something like that. You are only as good as your sources.

[joshua029]

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...


*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

haha... well done good sir...

[kai29]

Jason White is the other guitarist that is in their videos and plays concerts. He's been in the band for a long while and I think Jason F. plays piano and maybe brass instruments (I don't remember exactly what Freese is)

[Chris.Rock.Art]

Finally

[GMR5]

This is okay news, I'm still confused about the four guy thing when there are clearly 5 names...

And yes GD is the core three members, but recently Billie Joe confirmed that the touring members are now in the band.

Can't wait to hear the new GD album though...

[XtractionProces]

...And this is clearly Green Day's new album.

SO blind...

[GMR5]

No...I'm sure green day as that band will have another album that isn't like their hot tubs album.

[bolezhinkov]

get real guys. they sound like the same group, a few different hooks and tricks but when it comes down to it, its all the same brains (or lack of) that makes green day music.

anyone who didnt know this was green day after hearing a vocal line for more than 3 seconds needs to evalute their life.

[bludwolfrocks]

at least greenday still gets drunk and writes music.... even if it is off wine.... a little punk at least

checked

[outerlimit501]

I actually know Jason Freese's dad, he's a really cool guy

[CapnKickass]

bolezhinkov wrote:

get real guys. they sound like the same group, a few different hooks and tricks but when it comes down to it, its all the same brains (or lack of) that makes green day music.

anyone who didnt know this was green day after hearing a vocal line for more than 3 seconds needs to evalute their life.

YOU need to evaluate your life for telling people that they need to evaluate their lives/getting off high horses ect. hahaha! Touche!

I still don't see what's so bad about American Idiot, though I haven't listened to it for a long time, but still, it was good.

[emoleafsfan]

so... are they even coming out with just a green day album? i mean, when they're foxboro hot tubs, they sound different cause they play a different style.

so theyve gotta do a green day too.

[supersonic23]

meh

[garage_kid]

yeh, i always knew that, and also, i always knew that Green Day had their insane-rockandrollers inside theirselves.

[cblowrun]

dang... the hottubs went down about 8000 notches in my book..

[ProtestTheHero]

god damn i hate greenday the fact they did this... wow.

[verona_bassist]

quote]

korn_dawg wrote:

Incuboy49 wrote:

As for Reverend Strychnine Twitch, that's probably Billie Joe's real name.

That's some fine journalism.

+1

if only i could write like that...

[parkerguitars24]

I didn't read the comments but did anyone else notice that he listed 5 people but said they were 4 dudes who love making music? o.0

Checked.

[tands]

i like this stuff better then greenday

[dookie_dude_]

publicity stunt..

[Teh1337Hax0rz]

j-boy199 wrote:

Zebra_Planet wrote:

AFallenJake wrote:

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

I am right there with you!


i am right there with both of you.

Why are there 5 names when it says we are 4 guys who love to play music?...

=S

I'm with you, you and you too!

Because one of them is only a bassist

[rjkahlon]

They got that idea from The Beatles. In 1967, they formed the imaginary band, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.

[JFSJ513]

I like Green Day, but all their pre-American Idiot stuff blends together for me. When I listen to their music, I can barely tell when the track changes. Still a great band though, and what I heard of their side-project was pretty good. I'm not sure it's different enough to release it under a different band name.

[civilunrest]

gratefulduck wrote:

i dont really like newer green day, but their foxboro stuff kicks ass. i was really hoping it wasnt the same band. i'll probably buy the cd if the name green day is no where on it.

You are an idiot. I'm guessing your one of the kids who think they're cool for listening to underground bands, and will therefore be uncool for buying a Green Day record.

Grow up.

[stjimmy86]

CircuitTrigger wrote:

I dont have any respect for Green Day, I think they should have just released another Green Day album with the Foxboro songs. Its like they are too afraid of what people will think about a change in musical direction. I appreciate when bands do things differently. It doesnt mean your next album cant be like your old stuff.

I TOTALLY 100% disagree with that. I think that all you Green Day haters out there are looking for yet another excuse to rag on them. If they're too afraid of what people might think about their change, they wouldn't have released Warning. That cd was nothing like Dookie or Insomniac. And I don't remember people getting as butt-hurt as when The Network released a cd...

[Telecaster7]

strychnine twitch is a line from Stop Drop and roll, (one of their songs)

[TheBurningFish]

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...


*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

Green Day have a fourth member, who is visible in the Wake Me Up When September Ends video and the St. Jimmy Video.

[the boogieman]

Feel bad inc. wrote:

Wow, suprising, not really

qftmft

it was pretty obvious

[SamboSkull]

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

haha, I did the exact the same thing.

[porchmonkey4lif]

rjkahlon wrote:

They got that idea from The Beatles. In 1967, they formed the imaginary band, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.

or they released an album called that

[savory_softy]

HughF don't be so mean! I'm sure what he thinks is relevant to somebody... somewhere...

[punkpsycho]

they are the same members as Green Day
Jason Freese and Jason White are in Green Day too

[Ali-b912]

porchmonkey4lif wrote:

rjkahlon wrote:

They got that idea from The Beatles. In 1967, they formed the imaginary band, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
or they released an album called that

the beatles pretended to be the band. and i think my chemical romance stole the idea of sgt peppers. most bands have a screw around band they play as when they get bored. metallica had spastik children for instance.

[bush_slayer_07]

wow i'm out of the music loop lately i've never heard of this at all until now

[ss311]

Great! I reviewed the EP earlier this year and enjoyed it.

[matth05]

It's not bad counting, it's just one of them doesn't love to play music, he just thinks it's alright.. something to do on the weekends..
lol

E-dogg66 wrote:

Well I hope they use more Notes on this album, There are like 5 notes on american Idiot Played differently on each song. Pathetic BARFFF!

I officially propose that you go through the whole of the American Idiot and actually count the notes for me, please? If you only recognise five notes then I think it's possible you have some hearing deficiency, or you're simply slightly tone dead. However, even if the band did use five notes and just 'rearrange them', then they did bloody well to sell 8x platinum on just five notes and I'm sure that's a talent even your ignorant self can appreciate.

[XxPunkMafiaxX]

AVIDFANOFSOUNDS wrote:

I believe that it is quite cool that a band with a sucsess of green day can screw around nd try a compltly diffrent style of music

if more bands do this the world will be a better place for all to live in, like how rad it someone like the RHCP formed a metal band it would be so awesome also if metallica also do i kind of blink 182 esque album,

It would all be so inasnely awesome

If Metallica did a blink-182? you absoulute noob. i have great respect for both bands, but for ****s sake why would you combine them?

And yeh...i just reckon the hot tubs are a cover up to take peoples minds off Green Day. The American Idiot follow-up has most likely been ready for release for months, they just need a break and something else to do! they have been the same band for 18 years now

checked.

[fts666]

whitestrat279 wrote:

This is not a green day album, the hot tubs ep is all 60s garage rock-pop and melodic, green day is in your face listen to the song american idiot (gasp!) and brain stew, different sounds

oh yeah? what about the warning album? they could have made this there new record

[Gord@k]

I think it´s just a åublicity stunt to get some attention for their new album.

[sykguitaryst]

no shit! really?

[punkpsycho]

i read on GDA that Linda Perry "has been making the band listen to the 'Nuggets' box sets (an influential series of compilations of 60s US garage rock and psych bands.) add that to a few too many bottles of wine and you get the Foxboro Hot Tubs

i read an article about 2 years ago that said green day were going to release 3 albums (or had songs worth 3 albums), one is a concept record, one is straight ahead punk songs and one which is how billie described "some of the strangest sounds we've ever heard"

Article is here : http://www.therockradio.com/2006/12/green-day-working-on-3-a lbums-at-once.html

The Punk Songs is the Pihead Gunpowder record which is going to be released in late May
The "strage sounds" is the Foxboro record which will be released May 13
That leaves the Green Day album which Billie said is a concept album, but who knows, that may change

so just because they released songs under different name dosent mean they were scared of what people will think. FHT is another band, its still the same members but its a DIFFERENT band, different genre of music.

[pwninator123]

We'realltoBlame wrote:

:haha A new Green Day CD? I predict the universe will implode on May 13 this year.

...that's my birthday...you suck

[DiveRightIn63]

Incuboy49 wrote:

As for Reverend Strychnine Twitch, that's probably Billie Joe's real name.

That's some fine journalism.

+2

[TheAngryMob875]

DirkLance wrote:

Deviouster wrote:

Zebra_Planet wrote:

AFallenJake wrote:

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

I am right there with you!

i am right there with both of you.

Jason White plays guitar with them on tour.
Jason Freese plays piano/keyboard.
Michael Pritchard = Mike Dirnt = bass
Frank Edwin = Tre cool = drums
Strychnine twitch = billie joe


Thanks for the confirmation. People have to realize that Green Day is more than 3 people now...the guy who started as a touring guitarist slowly started to work his way into music videos and they started to feature him more on live t.v. performances and stuff.

Not that I care much for Green Day anymore...but this is clarification for people who don't realize GD have a few more guys now.

wow you guys are idiots. seriously. THEY NAME FIVE GUYS AND SAY THEY ARE FOUR GUYS. jesus christ.

[miketallica]

As for Reverend Strychnine Twitch, that's probably Billie Joe's real name.

is it just me or is that the stupidest thing ever written in an article

[TC1223]

cobain_is_king wrote:

Am I the only person who has no idea whatsoever what this article was about?

This makes two of us

[xalyssam]

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...


*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

first off, i love and respect green day. i've been a fan my entire life and love how a successful band like them can try out different sounds and still pull off amazing shit. props to them!

second, foxboro hot tubs and green day are not the same band. sure, theyve got the guys in it plus jason white and jason freese who toured with them but they really arent the same band. their sound is different from green day and not all the members arent the same. its just like saying all their other 'side bands' or 'side projects' are the same as green day. if you listen to the network, foxboro hot tubs, pinhead gunpowder and green day seperately, each and every band has their own sound, not to mention completely different genres so to say that green day is the same as foxboro hot tubs is like saying nirvana is like foo fighters.. they just arent.

so thanks for stating the obvious that green day was foxboro hot tubs but saying that it's a followup to american idiot is bullshit.

[xalyssam]

ps. yeah, wtf? name five guys and say theyre four? makes no sense..

[MordancyRhythm]

BTW, all you Wikipedia bashers...you fail the homework and school assignments because Wikipedia is not a respected source by teachers and professors, NOT because the information isn't legit (Because it is 95% of the time. They DO check edited pages despite popular belief of idiot conformists who say "Anyone can put anything on there!")

checked.

[SickorSaneSF]

MordancyRhythm wrote:

BTW, all you Wikipedia bashers...you fail the homework and school assignments because Wikipedia is not a respected source by teachers and professors, NOT because the information isn't legit (Because it is 95% of the time. They DO check edited pages despite popular belief of idiot conformists who say "Anyone can put anything on there!")

it's true. they sent me and my friend some hate email once for deleting a paragraph from an article and putting something completely ridiculous in there lol.

[TheSoupDragon]

guitardudezach1 wrote:

no offense Ultimate Guitar, but whoever wrote this article is retarded. First of all Billie Joe is his real name. Also, it is not the follow up to American Idiot, the follow up to American Idiot will be by Green Day not Foxboro Hot Tubs, and even though its the same guys, it is not the same band.

- UG won't be offended, it's from Punknews.org
- It was a joke, obviously it's not his real name.
- It reads; "It may also be the follow up to American Idiot depending on how you look at it. "

I like FHT. Not really a fan of new Green Day, but they were good back in the day. Although I have a feeling that a lot of the young girls who got into GD because of American Idiot/Billie Joe will be both confused and disgusted.
But yeah, this stuff's great, even if everybody kinda did know it was GD months ago.

[wetmelon]

I love The Foxboro Hot Tubs. I think that their idea (although it probably wasn't planned this way) of bringing together classic pop riffs with modern rock techniques. It just gives a great sound that you don't hear much.

[itsaplayonwords]

Shocking. Simply shocking.

[whitestrat279]

whitestrat279 wrote:

This is not a green day album, the hot tubs ep is all 60s garage rock-pop and melodic, green day is in your face listen to the song american idiot (gasp!) and brain stew, different sounds


oh yeah? what about the warning album? they could have made this there new record

ok, i kinda see that point, but hot tubs is completely different sounding 60s thing, warning seems like a green day record turned down a little (listen to the lyrics in minority, theyre still kinda political) hot tubs isnt really political, its just a fun side project, whats wrong with doing an album annonomously? they can experiment with a new sound without people going WTF GREEN DAY COMPLETELY CHANGED and if people like it (like they do in this case) they could possibly expand it.

[chilldude]

in one of the foxboro hot tubs videos on you tube there is a link to this site

[genresrforposer]

TheSoupDragon wrote:

guitardudezach1 wrote:

no offense Ultimate Guitar, but whoever wrote this article is retarded. First of all Billie Joe is his real name. Also, it is not the follow up to American Idiot, the follow up to American Idiot will be by Green Day not Foxboro Hot Tubs, and even though its the same guys, it is not the same band.

- UG won't be offended, it's from Punknews.org
- It was a joke, obviously it's not his real name.
- It reads; "It may also be the follow up to American Idiot depending on how you look at it. "

I like FHT. Not really a fan of new Green Day, but they were good back in the day. Although I have a feeling that a lot of the young girls who got into GD because of American Idiot/Billie Joe will be both confused and disgusted.
But yeah, this stuff's great, even if everybody kinda did know it was GD months ago.

I like Green Day, even American Idiot, but where you people get that their fanbase was ever NOT made up largely of teen/prebuscent girls I don't know.

Seriously, were you even alive in the 90s or do you just like repeating things you hear on the internet?

[TheDarkestNights]

genresrforposer wrote:
Seriously, were you even alive in the 90s or do you just like repeating things you hear on the internet?

This man has it.
And I've not listened to FHT, and so I'm not overly fussed.

[peaceonearth52]

good
it's about time
FHT is not all like greenday
they are like a ska version of them (that's beter)

[uncballer11]

HughF wrote:

perilouspete wrote:

lol this band is so gay, this is downright hilarious. american idiot was one of the most awful albums i've ever had the displeasure of hearing. i'm not really sure what kind of cred they're trying to get with another band with a name like that.

Oh dear lord sir, you are amazingly cool, yes you are. What with bashing an album that, despite being a mainstream success, was actually a good listen. You must be proud, and now you can sit at the lunch table with all of your "hard core" punk and emo kids without getting laughed at. You go sir!

+10
i agree i really didnt mind american idiot it was a good listen it wasnt old school green day, but every band goes a different way sometime.

[hobozach]

The vocals and the rhythm guitar and the "solos" kinda just gave it away. I think u have to be tone deaf to not kno that it was them. As for this new album, its pretty cool i guess, but its still not the good sh*t I miss from when they were underground, or hell, I'd be happy if they went back to their mid - 90s style, but w/e. All I can say is that I didn't wait another 4 years to see their big shift in sound for it to be the way it is(no where near where i was hoping it would go). MUCH better than American Idiot, but come on now, its kinda sissy-ish...

I'll always listen to the underground sh*t , always a fan of the green day that I kno, so, w/e.

[areese82]

Wierd

[Coulterboyz]

recliner33 wrote:

I knew this band was Green Day since December. My local radio station even said it was green day and didn't say "it might be green day". I think wikipedia even confirmed it was green day months ago. I'm not a fan of green day or foxboro hot tubs from what I heard so far but at least they don't sound as bad as they did on American Idiot.

Hey, um, one your radio station is stupid, because if it had turned out that the Hot Tubs werent Green Day, they could have been sued. Two, just because its on wikipedia, doesnt mean its true. I could go write anything I want on wikipedia, and all that will happen is that somebody will replace it with true stuff or you can get kicked off, I think. Anyways, your an idiot for believing it just because its on wikipedia, your an idiot for believing it because you heard it on the radio, and yea, that about covers it.

[recliner33]

Coulterboyz wrote:

recliner33 wrote:

I knew this band was Green Day since December. My local radio station even said it was green day and didn't say "it might be green day". I think wikipedia even confirmed it was green day months ago. I'm not a fan of green day or foxboro hot tubs from what I heard so far but at least they don't sound as bad as they did on American Idiot. Hey, um, one your radio station is stupid, because if it had turned out that the Hot Tubs werent Green Day, they could have been sued. Two, just because its on wikipedia, doesnt mean its true. I could go write anything I want on wikipedia, and all that will happen is that somebody will replace it with true stuff or you can get kicked off, I think. Anyways, your an idiot for believing it just because its on wikipedia, your an idiot for believing it because you heard it on the radio, and yea, that about covers it.

Even if it wasn't on the wikipedia or the radio I would have known it was Green Day because this idiot has ears. If there's idiots to come out of this situation, it's the people that thought this wasn't Green Day.

[gsr2k6]

recliner33 wrote:

I knew this band was Green Day since December. My local radio station even said it was green day and didn't say "it might be green day". I think wikipedia even confirmed it was green day months ago. I'm not a fan of green day or foxboro hot tubs from what I heard so far but at least they don't sound as bad as they did on American Idiot.

Nothing more reliable than wikipedia and local radio.

[fleasaprentice]

Well I hope they use more Notes on this album, There are like 5 notes on american Idiot Played differently on each song. Pathetic BARFFF!

Id like to see you sir sell as many albums using just five notes.... Billie can do more with 5 notes than most can do with 105.

how many albums do you have out?

checked.

[STEALmyDOG]

lol the pentatonic scale only has 5 notes! and how many people use that?

[punkpsycho]

LOL do you know what ska is??
FHT are 60's garage rock thats not ska

[punkpsycho]

peaceonearth52 wrote:
FHT is not all like greenday
they are like a ska version of them (that's beter)

er, forgot to quote

[iron_maiden93]

HughF wrote:

perilouspete wrote:

lol this band is so gay, this is downright hilarious. american idiot was one of the most awful albums i've ever had the displeasure of hearing. i'm not really sure what kind of cred they're trying to get with another band with a name like that.


Oh dear lord sir, you are amazingly cool, yes you are. What with bashing an album that, despite being a mainstream success, was actually a good listen. You must be proud, and now you can sit at the lunch table with all of your "hard core" punk and emo kids without getting laughed at. You go sir!

who are you tiny tim? talk normal man, and im with the first guy green day sucks ass

[shreddedstrings]

Zebra_Planet wrote:

AFallenJake wrote:

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

I am right there with you!

i am right there with both of you.

Who do u think they left out

[Hamham272]

cblowrun wrote:

dang... the hottubs went down about 8000 notches in my book..

Idiot... so now because you find out who the artist that created the music is, you dislike it more? EXACTLY why Green Day did this. The haters of Green Day really are not too smart.

gratefulduck wrote:

i dont really like newer green day, but their foxboro stuff kicks ass. i was really hoping it wasnt the same band. i'll probably buy the cd if the name green day is no where on it.

As proven by this lovely person.

Heard some FBHT stuff, good times. Reminds me of the ol' drunken/stoned student days. O shit they're still here, thanks to Green Day for reminding me.

[peaceonearth52]

punkpsycho wrote:

LOL do you know what ska is??
FHT are 60's garage rock thats not ska

hell yeah i know what ska is
the first song i heard by them sounded ska (without any brass)
i heard ska upstrokes and upbeat sounds
so sorry for expressing my opinon

[carlsbad]

So in other words...Green just created a different band just as crappy.

[fallout_girl]

can i just point out, can't you tell the obviously distinct vocals of billie joe in both bands?

if you seriously thought foxboro wasnt green day (with the exception of the jasons') you're an idiot.

[jonnyrotten45]

it seems like they just wrote some words on slips of paper, threw then in a hat, and picked foxboro hot tubs

[dmaccy06]

they are trying to be different. and for those of you that don't like green day, why comment or care about what name they go by?

[CousticStrangla]

It may also be the follow up to American Idiot depending on how you look at it.

Wow great reporting there!

[Metallicaloveu]

I'm not a massive Green Day fan but this could be interesting.

[MoonWise]

As for Reverend Strychnine Twitch, that's probably Billie Joe's real name.

Hahahahaha XD

[1_wise_guy]

"Later this month, the band will release their debut full length..... and is due out May 13, 2008"
I didn't know it was May now?
Horrible reporting.

[HammerJustice]

guitardudezach1 wrote:

no offense Ultimate Guitar, but whoever wrote this article is retarded. First of all Billie Joe is his real name. Also, it is not the follow up to American Idiot, the follow up to American Idiot will be by Green Day not Foxboro Hot Tubs, and even though its the same guys, it is not the same band.


You really have no sense of humour at all.

[TheSoupDragon]

genresrforposer wrote:

TheSoupDragon wrote:

guitardudezach1 wrote:

no offense Ultimate Guitar, but whoever wrote this article is retarded. First of all Billie Joe is his real name. Also, it is not the follow up to American Idiot, the follow up to American Idiot will be by Green Day not Foxboro Hot Tubs, and even though its the same guys, it is not the same band.

- UG won't be offended, it's from Punknews.org
- It was a joke, obviously it's not his real name.
- It reads; "It may also be the follow up to American Idiot depending on how you look at it. "

I like FHT. Not really a fan of new Green Day, but they were good back in the day. Although I have a feeling that a lot of the young girls who got into GD because of American Idiot/Billie Joe will be both confused and disgusted.
But yeah, this stuff's great, even if everybody kinda did know it was GD months ago.


I like Green Day, even American Idiot, but where you people get that their fanbase was ever NOT made up largely of teen/prebuscent girls I don't know.

Seriously, were you even alive in the 90s or do you just like repeating things you hear on the internet?

American Idiot bought them the most mainstream sucess, and with it bought their new image of black/red and eyeliner, and the large increase in teen girl fans. I didn't read that on the internet, I'm just not an idiot.
I was alive in the 90s, but not old enough to appreciate Green Day in the 90s.
And basically what you're saying here is;
"Green Day's fanbase has always been little teen girls! That's a good thing and you're stupid!"

[clawsofsteel]

Green Day have a fourth member, who is visible in the Wake Me Up When September Ends video and the St. Jimmy Video.
they have a st. jimmy video,
gasps goes onto youtube

[blackoctober119]

what?! the follow up for American Idiot is a ****ing foxboro hot tubs album?! that is so RETARDED! oh my god! ive been waiting for a new green day album for 3 years now! thats gay!

[Bellz06!]

well.. to be honest.. i like foxboro hot tubs but i wish they would get on with who they really are which is green day.. or i mean who they originally were.. well i know what i mean.. but seriously.. they should just get on with green day!

[Weasal69]

Neon D-von wrote:

I'm sorry but this is retarded. It's not like there opposed to completely changing their sound. Why not just make it the next Green Day record? I mean, it's not even a side project if it's all of them. Not to mention everyone already knew.

Well one thing is that jason freese does not write songs with green day but does play with them check out bullet in a bible.
It also has nothing to do with the green day style so why would you release it as green day?
Have you heard of The Network? which is also Green Day in disguise. They are just havin fun while also writing the next Green Day album which i might add will kick arse!!!!

[Weasal69]

blackoctober119 wrote:

what?! the follow up for American Idiot is a ****ing foxboro hot tubs album?! that is so RETARDED! oh my god! ive been waiting for a new green day album for 3
years now! thats gay!

Mate you are gay. You actually think this is Green Day's follow up? THey have more respect for their fans than that. Seriously do you not remember The Network which was released before American Idiot. Green Day will be bringin out their follow up in good time. Moron

[hew-jass]

blaziken_xcv143 wrote:

IS THIS FUCKING TRUE!!!!!

no .... didnt you know ?

ultimate guitars having a total joke about it

ur dreaming none of this is real

incase you couldnt tell .... that was sarcasm lol

[RUSTDOGG666]

Well I'm glad billie joe is coming out with another album even if its under a different band name, but all these musicians did tour with green day on the american idiot album and all that. but they should just keep the green day name and keep making albums if they wish to do so cause foxboro hot tubs doesn't sound very good for a band name as green day does. not to mention everyone hears green day and they sell out shows like nothing. if someone told me hot tubs came to town i'd probably miss it cause its not green day. i'd think its some local band. then to find out it was billie joe there i'd feel bad cause i didnt know they were the same person. so they should stay with green day as the band name cause hot tubs sounds like a song or album title. not a band name.

[Gh057]

Ok. here we go. ranting by Ghost.

FHT. Good, in general. but dear god just go along and say its a publicity stunt Billie Joe. We already know you're attracting attention because you want money money money. They're doing what they can to stay profiting because COUNTRY and RAP are taking over the media. Guess what happens when you put Country and Rap in the same word? you Get Crap. Go figure. If that's how they choose to continue their carees in music, then so be it, its good music, and I think everyone agrees.

And don't think they're trying to get away from the sounds of American Idiot. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't know what they've said about that last GD album, but on the Bullet in a Bible album, they said nearly exactly this

We started playing brainstew and all the American Idiot only listeners were like 'huh?' and that was when we knew we were passing Dookie, and we were all 'Yes!'

from that, I imply they wanted to get far away from The Dookie and Warning albums, why? I don't particularly know. Anyone else wanna back me up on this?

[Sloane]

I can answer your question Gh057. They didn't necessarily mean "Yes!" as in "getting far away from Dookie". They meant that when American Idiot dropped they finally had an album that was as successful as Dookie. Ever since Dookie became an enormous hit, they had it hanging over their heads and have striven to make an album with that much success for their entire career, and they finally did it with American Idiot.

As for the Foxboro deal. It finally shows what the three have been doing all this time.

[clawsofsteel]

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

...

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

i count five

[KILL EM ALLx666]

AFallenJake wrote:

-xCaMRocKx- wrote:

We are Jason White, Jason Freese, Michael Pritchard, Frank Edwin Wright the Third and the Reverend Strychnine Twitch. ... We are four guys who love to play music...

*counts on fingers*

*counts on fingers again*

*confusion ensues*

I am right there with you!

Billie Joe FAILED!